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The Singularity is Near Summary
The Singularity is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 pages
3.93
12.2K ratings
Science
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The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.03
137.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Existential Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1980 544 pages
4.46
6.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Case Against Reality Summary
The Case Against Reality
Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
by Donald D. Hoffman 2019 272 pages
3.87
3.5K ratings
Science
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Psychology
The Art of Learning Summary
The Art of Learning
A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
by Josh Waitzkin 2007 265 pages
4.04
20.3K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Alignment Problem Summary
The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
by Brian Christian 2020 496 pages
4.36
4.3K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
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The Matrix and Philosophy Summary
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
by William Irwin 2002 280 pages
3.90
2.3K ratings
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Film
Pop Culture
The School of Life Summary
The School of Life
An Emotional Education
by Alain de Botton 2019 310 pages
4.24
8.8K ratings
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Self Help
Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.98
2.9K ratings
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Playing and Reality Summary
Playing and Reality
by D.W. Winnicott 1971 214 pages
4.21
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Parenting
The Strangest Secret Summary
The Strangest Secret
by Earl Nightingale 1956 96 pages
4.43
7.4K ratings
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Personal Development
Business
When Things Fall Apart Summary
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön 1996 148 pages
4.27
60.7K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
The Seat of the Soul Summary
The Seat of the Soul
by Gary Zukav 1989 256 pages
4.03
48.4K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer Summary
The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer
The Art, Science and Philosophy of a Bodybuilding Legend
by John Little 2005 184 pages
4.28
269 ratings
Fitness
Health
Philosophy
The Gay Science Summary
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages
4.26
19.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Mastery of Self Summary
The Mastery of Self
A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. 2016 176 pages
4.41
5.2K ratings
Self Help
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Psychology
Wholeness and the Implicate Order Summary
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
by David Bohm 1980 284 pages
4.24
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Physics
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate Summary
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
The Essential Guide for Progressives
by George Lakoff 2004 144 pages
3.97
6.9K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
The Dhammapada Summary
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous 114 pages
4.27
31.4K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
Wabi Sabi Summary
Wabi Sabi
Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
by Beth Kempton 2018 266 pages
3.91
6.8K ratings
Self Help
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Japan
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
History
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Sociology
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19.1K ratings
History
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Politics
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.97
1.2K ratings
Sociology
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Philosophy
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
115.6K ratings
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Classics
Psychology
Osho Zen Tarot Summary
Osho Zen Tarot
by Osho 1995 176 pages
4.42
1.2K ratings
Tarot
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Philosophy
The Feeling of What Happens Summary
The Feeling of What Happens
Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by António Damásio 1999 386 pages
4.01
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Book Summary
The Book
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
by Alan W. Watts 1966 163 pages
4.21
23.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Summary
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
by Deepak Chopra 1994 115 pages
4.18
80.5K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method
A Practitioner's Handbook
by Ward Farnsworth 2021 243 pages
4.27
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
265.0K ratings
Classics
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Fantasy
Science and the Akashic Field Summary
Science and the Akashic Field
An Integral Theory of Everything
by Ervin Laszlo 2004 194 pages
4.04
895 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Homo Sacer Summary
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
by Giorgio Agamben 1994 208 pages
4.06
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Satanic Bible Summary
The Satanic Bible
by Anton Szandor LaVey 1969 272 pages
3.42
14.4K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Occult
The Divine Matrix Summary
The Divine Matrix
Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, And Belief
by Gregg Braden 2006 223 pages
4.20
6.8K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Free Will Summary
Free Will
by Sam Harris 2012 96 pages
3.86
38.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52.8K ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
by Elliot Aronson 1972 512 pages
4.31
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017 216 pages
4.57
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3.4K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Secret Doctrine Summary
The Secret Doctrine
by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1888 1571 pages
3.93
1.5K ratings
Occult
Philosophy
Religion
Bringers of the Dawn Summary
Bringers of the Dawn
Teachings from the Pleiadians
by Barbara Marciniak 1992 288 pages
4.30
3.4K ratings
Spirituality
New Age
Philosophy
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
The Demon-Haunted World Summary
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan 1995 459 pages
4.29
81.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.72
192.2K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Change Summary
Change
Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
by Paul Watzlawick 1974 192 pages
4.24
761 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Eastern Body, Western Mind Summary
Eastern Body, Western Mind
Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
by Anodea Judith 1966 488 pages
4.33
7.1K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Self Help
The Disappearance of the Universe Summary
The Disappearance of the Universe
Straight Talk about Illusions, Past Lives, Religion, Sex, Politics, and the Miracles of Forgiveness
by Gary R. Renard 2002 448 pages
4.06
5.5K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
War
Islam Summary
Islam
A Short History
by Karen Armstrong 2000 230 pages
4.04
10.8K ratings
History
Religion
Islam
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